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Ryan Foster

Senior Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Track and Field/Cross Country Team, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on Tuesday (June 21). Foster recently wrapped up a sensational Nittany Lion career, finishing with a grand total of four Big Ten titles, and three NCAA All-America finishes. Foster is the fifth Penn State student athlete to be selected to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team during the 2010-11 academic year, and is the only First Team Track and Field selection from the Big Ten Conference.

Senior Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team, announced by CoSIDA on Thursday. To be eligible for the award, student athletes must excel in the classroom and on the playing field, carrying at least a 3.30 grade point average. Foster, who will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week, is on track to graduate in August, with a degree in economics.

After anchoring the men's sprint medley relay to a winning performance at the prestigious Penn Relays, senior Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) has been named Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week. Foster closed out a school-record performance at Franklin Field last Friday, before following up by running an outstanding leg on the second-place 4x800-meter relay a day later.

Seniors Joe Kovacs (Nazereth, Pa.) and Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) have been named Mid-Atlantic Athletes of the Year, while Associate Head Coach Chris Johnson garnered Mid-Atlantic Women's Assistant Coach of the Year, announced by the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) on Monday. Kovacs and Foster are set to compete in the shot put and mile run, respectively, at the weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships at Texas A&M University, while Johnson has the Nittany Lion sprinters poised for another outstanding NCAA showing.

After recording the second-fastest times in the country in their respective events, juniors Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) and Shavon Greaves (Lakewood, N.J.) have been named Big Ten Track Athletes of the Week, announced by conference offices on Wednesday. Foster blitzed to a personal-best 3:41.26 in the 1500-meters, to place second at Florida Relays last weekend. Greaves would capture the highest Nittany Lion individual finish on the track on the women's side in Gainesville, earning second-place status in the 100.

Seniors Fawn Dorr (Akron, N.Y.), and Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio) added two more All-America finishes to the weekend count, Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas. In front of a crowd of well over 5,000 spectators, the Nittany Lions picked up two more top eight efforts in the 800-meters, with juniors Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia), and Owen Dawson (Coatesville, Pa.) tallying third and eighth-place finishes, respectively - the second All-America finish for Foster, and the first for Dawson. All told, the Lions come away from the weekend with an outstanding total of four All-Americans, with four on the men's side, and four from the women's squad.

Juniors Shavon Greaves (Lakewood, N.J.), Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia), and Joe Kovacs (Nazareth, Pa.) each earned Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year citations in their respective event areas, while Director and Head Coach Beth Alford-Sullivan, and Associate Head Coach Chris Johnson both claimed regional coaching awards, announced by the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

Coming off school-record and NCAA-automatic qualifying performances in their respective events, Nittany Lion juniors Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia), and Shavon GReaves (Lakewood, N.J.) have earned Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week citations, announced by the conference on Monday. Both Nittany Lion athletes are garnering the conference award for the second time in 2010.

In recognition of their outstanding performances at last Saturday's PSU Northeast Challenge, senior Fawn Dorr (Akron, N.Y.), and junior Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) have been named Big Ten Track Athletes of the Week. Dorr turned in personal-best and NCAA-provisional qualifying performance individually, and came back to anchor the Nittany Lions' 4x400-meter relay, which also bettered the NCAA provisional standard. Meanwhile, Foster shattered the Penn State 1,000-meter record, on his way to achieving a new Australian national standard.

Thanks to an NCAA and world-leading performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, junior Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio) has been named Big Ten Athlete of the Week, announced by conference offices on Tuesday (April 14). Sophomore Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia) also copped conference honors following his blistering run in the 800-meters at last weekend's Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell University.